According to the chronicles of Salacgriva Primary School written down by the longstanding supervisor of the school Hugo Grasis stated that the building of the school under number 5 was built as an orthodox school of Vecsalaca parish in 1876-1877. The school itself though started its work in 1873 and worked until the First World War in 1914. The first teachers – the priest Dubrovins, Psalter masters Peteris Sidals and Janis Parups. From 1923 to 1934 the parish rented the premises first to the needs of Salacgriva settlement later to the needs of the school of the district. The school was for the grades 5 and 6. The building was also used for the needs of the school from 1944 to 1963.